CD Import

Ziggy Stardust

David Bowie

User Review :5.0

Item Details

Genre
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Catalogue Number
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521900
Number of Discs
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1
Label
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Emi
Original Release Year
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1972
Format
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CD
Other
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Studio Recording, Remaster,Import

Product Description

Full title: The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars.
This is an Enhanced audio CD which contains regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files.
Personnel: David Bowie (vocals, guitar, saxophone); Mick Ronson (vocals, guitar, piano); Trevor Bolder (bass); Mick Woodmansey (drums); Dana Gillespie (background vocals).
Principally recorded at Trident Studios, London, England. Originally released on RCA.
Digitally remastered by Peter Mew & Nigel Reeve (1999, Abbey Road Studios, London, England).
Every track on ZIGGY STARDUST & THE SPIDERS FROM MARS sounds like it was pulled from the rock 'n' roll bible. The album created a mythology that reached beyond the Chuck Berry folklorisms of the everyday rocker to create a new type of rock star. With ZIGGY, Bowie created a viable alter-ego to descend onto the planet and wreak havoc on rock's fertile soil. In doing so, he created the most original rock creation since the music's inception 20 years before. Musically, the album was as inspired as Ziggy's persona. Mick Ronson's snarling guitar evoked the triumphant power of the late '60s guitar heroes, but added a flash so dynamic fans knew why the Spiders were labelled "glitter rockers." As an album, ZIGGY STARDUST told the story of rock through the eyes of Ziggy, an alien--with a narrative that was equally sensational and intimate.
Any doubts as to Bowie's intentions to take over rock were displaced on a closer listen to "Star." At the end of the song Bowie (as Ziggy) whispers, "just watch me now," and his determination is eerily obvious. Combining skills as a mime artist and top-rate vocal dramatist, Bowie created Ziggy, the bisexual space man, who sang "songs of darkness and disgrace." The planet was dying, something made evident on the first track, "Five Years," and the only way to survive was to "Hang On To Yourself." In the end, "they had to break up the band," according to the tale told in ZIGGY STARDUST, but the inevitably tragic strains of this "Rock 'N' Roll Suicide" had left their mark on the dying planet. They are still being felt today.

Track List   

  • 01. Five Years
  • 02. Soul Love
  • 03. Moonage Daydream
  • 04. Starman
  • 05. It Ain't Easy
  • 06. Lady Stardust
  • 07. Star
  • 08. Hang On To Yourself
  • 09. Ziggy Stardust
  • 10. Suffragette City
  • 11. Rock 'N' Roll Suicide

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デヴィッド・ボウイというカリスマ。個性豊...

投稿日:2021/03/14 (日)

デヴィッド・ボウイというカリスマ。個性豊かに時代時代を飾るアルバム作品群。息の長いアーティストだった。当アルバムではストレートで軽快なロックを聴かせてくれる。「Moonage Daydream」「Starman」「Lady Stardust」「Ziggy Stardust」が秀逸。

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ジギーは間違いなくROCK史上に残る名盤。こ...

投稿日:2011/07/04 (月)

ジギーは間違いなくROCK史上に残る名盤。これから先地球がなくなるまで聴き継がれる1枚。ボウイ好きなら100人中90人がジギーが1番と答えるだろうけど自分はハンキードリーが1番好きだ。どれが1番かはみんな違うんだよ。

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これを名盤といわずして何を名盤というのか...

投稿日:2010/12/18 (土)

これを名盤といわずして何を名盤というのか。という思いはこの20年ほど変わらず。未だに何度聞いても飽きることのないアルバムです。聴いているだけで目の前に情景(妄想です)が浮かぶというか、このときのボウイの表現力、バンドの力量、プロデュースのすべてが神がかっていたんだなと・・・。

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